Small Business Week
Welcome to Small Business Week!
For me Small Business Week is time to reflect on how to make my business better. One way to do that is productivity. There is always something I can do to increase my productivity. One great habit that I have gotten lax on is the ‘Touch it Once’ rule.
Touch-It-Once is when I open the mail and take care of each item as I open it for the first time. Catalogs go to recycling (unless I KNOW I’ll be ordering that week!). Bills are put into the desktop bill paying organizer (just the bill - envelopes get tossed since I have most bills on auto pay with the bank). Junk mail gets ripped up and tossed (yes a shredder is a must and on the list of things to buy). Anything else gets put on a to-do list or ‘handled’.Â
Touch-It-Once is a difficult habit to stick with. Right now I am in the land of “touch it five or more times”. I know that by simply going back to my tried and true habit I can cut my clutter, increase my productivity, and just feel better about life in general.
I’m using Small Business Week to get back my TIO habit.
What will Small Business Week inspire you to do?
I completely agree on the Touch-It-Once rule, what a great reminder! (Goes for email too — open it once & deal with it!) I’m way off on that, too, so I’ll work on it with you. Have a great week!